Music-stand



(No Model,)

B. O. BARBIE.

MUSIC STAND.

No. 274,166. Patented Mar.20,1883.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE. a

ROBERT C. BARBIE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUSIC-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,166, dated marche lees.

Application filed May 10, 1882.

- ends of said legs may be extended and heldin position by suitable mechanism, the object of my invention being to utilize the inward pressure of the thus extended legs B againstacentral brace, D, to form an automatic rigid jointor connection between the legs B and C, as will be hereinafter shown and specified.

Letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of the stand when in use, and shows the connecting arrangement of the several parts thereof. Fig. 2 shows a plan view of brace D. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the arm D, showing the projecting end 0.

Construction To construct a stand as represented, ahnb or disk, A, is made, of suitable size and material, and to it are secured the legs B, said legs being made of flexible material, the object being to admit of the extension of the lower ends of said legs. To the ends of the legs B are secured the joints N by pins n, the said joints being fitted to slide upon the legs (J, which legs in turn have similar joints, N N, secured to their upper ends and fitted to the legs B. Two of the slidingjoints, N N, are provided upon their inner sides with the holes h h, which extend into the vertical holes of said joints, the object being explained hereinafter in the operation. The other joint,

N, is provided with an elongated hole, S,

passing transversely through said joint, and into which is fitted the end b of the brace D, which is intended to serve as a hinge for said brace. It will be seen in Fig. 1 that the legs B are provided with the recesses c, which come opposite the holes S and h h. In Fig. 2 the-brace D may be constructed in one or more pieces. As represented, it is made of two pieces of wireof suitable thickness, the one piece, D, being bent, as shown, torming a cen- (No model.)

tral hole to receive the end 0 of the piece D,

the said end serving as a hinge, so as to allow the piece D to fold in direction of the arrow. It will be further seen that the ends 01 t" are pointed, the object being to admit of their insertion through the holes h h into the recesses c, the other end, b, passing through the hole S in the jointN, as represented by section in Fig. 1, said section being upon the line e c. It will also besee'n that the brace D is represented as broken upon the line At the top of Fig. 1 will be seen fitted to the leg B a common adjustable clamp, G, secured to said leg by a common thumb-screw, J. It will also be seen that the rod H connects said clamp with the top of the book-rest F, the object being to firmly secure said rest when in use,

while at the same time it may be raised or lowered in connection with the rod E.

The operation of the device is as follows: The point '5 of the brace is inserted in the hole It, care being taken to see that joints N "N are close together, when the recesses a will receive said point. The point t" is then inserted into the hole It in a similar manner, which completes the extension of the legs and the rigid formation'ot the stand; and it will here be evident that the tension of the'legs B will press toward the center in direction of So the arrow, while the center of the brace D be ingabove the center line, 1 1*, said pressure will force the pointst't", and also the endlb, intothe recesses 0, thus keeping the joints rigid when in use. The rod E may be raised and secured by means of a common thumb-screw at I, after which the connecting-rod H may be adjusted-and secured to the leg B, as shown. To refold the stand the rod E should be lowered, which will relieve the rod H, when said rod may be swung in a downward direction alongside of the legs B. The legs 0 are next extended until the point t is relieved from the hole It, when the point i will also be relieved, and the legs B will spring toward a vertical position. It willbeevident, then, that the legs 0 will slide toward the hub A upon ICC other devices which may be used without delegs 0, and a brace, D, the whole arranged to warring from thespiritofmyinvention. Thereoperate together substantially as shown and fate, described. i

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by 5 Letters Patent, is-

In a folding music-stand, the legs 13, made Witnesses: of flexible material and secured to the hub A, THEO. RELER, in combination with the sliding joints N N, SYKES.

' ROBT. O. BARBIE. 

